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After years of outsourcing, U.S. manufacturing firms are looking closer to home for cost reductions, by tapping cheaper energy and focusing on improving their existing manufacturing, according to new research from advisory firm The Hackett Group Inc.

Manufacturers are banking on an improved sales picture in 2013, and focusing on taking advantage of a more stable economic growth picture around the world, the firm found in a survey of 45 U.S. manufacturers. Read More »